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Electrify America reaches 30MW in installed battery energy storage at 140 DC-fast charging stations across the US; behind-the-meter grid services
Electrify America has installed onsite, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (BESS) at more than 140 ultra-fast DC charging stations around the country, including more than 90 installations in California. These systems in total have more than 30 megawatts (MW) of energy storage capacity, representing the largest roll-out of onsite behind-the-meter battery energy storage coupled with DC Fast Charging in North America, the company said. . . .
Beyond this installed energy storage portfolio, Electrify America is working on certification and initial roll-out of its next generation of onsite behind-the-meter battery energy storage early next year that will support higher peak power or demand mitigation capability in approximately the same footprint. . . .
With the help of Olivine, Electrify America is driving revenue from behind-the-meter services for its onsite battery energy storage assets, delivering consistent pricing to its customers and offering greater reliability than fluctuating gas prices.
Behind-the-meter services such as demand response help support vehicle-grid integration by reducing the need for more costly and often more polluting peaking power plants. . . .
To date, Electrify America’s behind-the-meter energy storage has already participated in more than 190 demand response market events via Olivine in the California Independent System Operator’s wholesale energy market, CAISO—shifting over 125 MWh of on-peak energy to lower carbon intensity off-peak hours creating the largest Virtual Power Plant (VPP) offering in CAISO backed by DC fast charging coupled with behind-the-meter energy storage.
One of the biggest problems is faulty credit-card readers. Not only do many of Electrify America’s stations have connectivity problems, but even when a connection is made, a charging session can be dropped halfway through. That’s because the financial session is open until a final payment amount is determined. The connection gets lost in the middle, causing the driver to start all over again. Using the Electrify America app solves the problem.
cwerdna said:I probably skimmed or didn't read https://electrek.co/2019/11/26/interview-electrify-america-chargers/ from Nov 2019 but this quote stood out to me that I wasn't aware of and is yet another read to use their app (or better yet, charge during free juice time when app nor CC are needed ).
One of the biggest problems is faulty credit-card readers. Not only do many of Electrify America’s stations have connectivity problems, but even when a connection is made, a charging session can be dropped halfway through. That’s because the financial session is open until a final payment amount is determined. The connection gets lost in the middle, causing the driver to start all over again. Using the Electrify America app solves the problem.
Nope. During usage of at least 2 EA sites on my So Cal road trip + a whole ton of others (many that I've never been to) in the past few weeks thanks to EA's free juice, I've not noticed any covering at any of them.danrjones said:Did anyone else notice EA was adding some coverings in some sites. This one was a revamp of the needles, CA site. I really hope they do this at most or all of their sites.
DougWantsALeaf said:Any of the new ones have a Chademo? Green Bay has only Tesla chargers currently.
cwerdna said:Wow, if https://www.plugshare.com/location/355949 at UC Davis is correct, then this will be an EA site that actually has an even ratio of CHAdeMO vs. CCS. It supposedly is a lone charger with 1 CCS and 1 CHAdeMO.
cwerdna said:(Facepalm) Argh. You are right. So it's an example of only 2 CCS at a lone EA charger. The Plugshare entry was wrong.
WetEV said:cwerdna said:(Facepalm) Argh. You are right. So it's an example of only 2 CCS at a lone EA charger. The Plugshare entry was wrong.
App shows one CCS-Chademo unit and two 150kW CCS dual units, and one 150kW unit CCS single cable.
Here are the other stations for this location. I think.:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Electrify+America+Charging+Station/@38.5457443,-121.7421605,3a,90y,169.56h,79.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sljFzBeNBCIq1tLo_gnCjdw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m15!1m7!3m6!1s0x80852974c9409f7b:0x509c85b925ac2dd6!2s325+E+St,+Davis,+CA+95616!3b1!8m2!3d38.545081!4d-121.7419226!3m6!1s0x80852974d3e6fcbb:0x5e6664cbf075ddb1!8m2!3d38.5456691!4d-121.7420192!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
I've never seen a split like this.
edit. No, I'm wrong. there are four units at the google link above.
GRA said:The Electrify America charging station at 7004 Market Place Drive, Goleta, California 93117 has opened.
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